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WORDS ABOUT WORDS
It is a cliché that most clichés are true, but then like most clichés, that cliché is untrue.
—Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot, 1997

Posted on July 5, 1999 at 5:36 PM

WORDS ABOUT WORDS

The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.
—Stephen Fry, The Liar, 1994

Posted on November 22, 2002 at 3:14 PM

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